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7th edition Call of Cthulhu

Started by Shawn Driscoll, June 07, 2012, 11:30:34 PM

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danbuter

#15
June 08, 2012, 09:51:08 AM
Quote from: Justin Alexander;547007The report I've heard from a guy who's in no position to know anything is that 7th Edition is going to be a real, honest-to-god, serious revamp of the system which might even break compatibility with previous editions.


I'm betting he's full of crap. CoC rules get tweaked, not drastically modified.
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B.T.

#16
June 08, 2012, 01:28:59 PM
I keep seeing COC releases, and none of them include a rules overhaul.  What a shitty company.
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Benoist

#17
June 08, 2012, 01:32:01 PM
Quote from: B.T.;547115I keep seeing COC releases, and none of them include a rules overhaul. What a shitty company.

Go fuck yourself. :hand:

thedungeondelver

#18
June 08, 2012, 03:55:07 PM
Quote from: B.T.;547115I keep seeing COC releases, and none of them include a rules overhaul.  What a shitty company.

I know, it's like they're committed to some kind of not-fun grognardy rules to the point they won't advance the game and make people who like the old rules into not-gamers.  What the hell is the matter with them?
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Shawn Driscoll

#19
June 08, 2012, 04:42:57 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;547137I know, it's like they're committed to some kind of not-fun grognardy rules to the point they won't advance the game and make people who like the old rules into not-gamers.  What the hell is the matter with them?

Ha ha.

It could be worse.  Chaosium could have just let the editions go out of print and never do reprintings or bother with new editions with errata changes.

thedungeondelver

#20
June 08, 2012, 04:43:42 PM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;547147Ha ha.

It could be worse.  Chaosium could have just let the editions go out of print and never do reprintings or bother with new editions with errata changes.

Truth.

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Stainless

#21
June 08, 2012, 05:03:03 PM
To the OP, perhaps you could buy a second hand copy of 6e from Amazon and then wait for the 7e which is reportedly coming out next year.

I expect it to be a tweaking. The main benefit of 7e will, I hope, be vastly better organisation.
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Marleycat

#22
June 08, 2012, 06:19:06 PM Last Edit: June 08, 2012, 06:21:34 PM by Marleycat
Quote from: danbuter;547070I'm betting he's full of crap. CoC rules get tweaked, not drastically modified.

I hope so though it would be interesting if an overhaul would be better than the typical rules tweaking. New is not always better but it sure can be fun.
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B.T.

#23
June 08, 2012, 08:21:01 PM
Quote from: Benoist;547116Go fuck yourself. :hand:
1. Call of Cthulhu, 1st Edition (1981)
2. Call of Cthulhu Designer's Edition (1982)
3. Call of Cthulhu, 2nd Edition (1983)
4. Call of Cthulhu, 3rd Edition (1986)
5. Call of Cthulhu, 4th Edition (1989)
6. Call of Cthulhu, 5th Edition (1992)
7. Call of Cthulhu 5.5 (1998)
8. Call of Cthulhu 5.6 (2000)
9. Call of Cthulhu 20th anniversary edition (2001)
10. Call of Cthulhu Miskatonic University edition (2001)
11. Call of Cthulhu, 6th Edition (2004)
12. Call of Cthulhu 25th anniversary edition (2006)
13. Call of Cthulhu 30th anniversary edition (2011)

Boy, and I thought WotC were greedy.
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So, that\'s something, I guess.

shalvayez

#24
June 08, 2012, 08:21:39 PM
I have yet to see anything completely shitty from Chaosium. Truth be told, CoC is my go-to game for running something, even at a moment's notice. Cannot say the same thing for WotC, Palladium, or White Wolf. The hardcover Dreamlands book has one of the best covers for a RPG setting I have ever seen.
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#25
June 08, 2012, 08:42:20 PM
From what I know the 7th edition of Call of Cthulhu is a big departure from the usual ruleset.
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#26
June 08, 2012, 11:18:45 PM
Quote from: B.T.;5471751. Call of Cthulhu, 1st Edition (1981)
2. Call of Cthulhu Designer's Edition (1982)
3. Call of Cthulhu, 2nd Edition (1983)
4. Call of Cthulhu, 3rd Edition (1986)
5. Call of Cthulhu, 4th Edition (1989)
6. Call of Cthulhu, 5th Edition (1992)
7. Call of Cthulhu 5.5 (1998)
8. Call of Cthulhu 5.6 (2000)
9. Call of Cthulhu 20th anniversary edition (2001)
10. Call of Cthulhu Miskatonic University edition (2001)
11. Call of Cthulhu, 6th Edition (2004)
12. Call of Cthulhu 25th anniversary edition (2006)
13. Call of Cthulhu 30th anniversary edition (2011)

Boy, and I thought WotC were greedy.

Those are limited run books.  Not nearly as many printings were made as D&D books.  And probably didn't cost as much.  And didn't have as many add-on books as D&D that were needed.

B.T.

#27
June 08, 2012, 11:26:01 PM
Doesn't excuse a lack of a rules update.
Quote from: Black Vulmea;530561Y\'know, I\'ve learned something from this thread. Both B.T. and Koltar are idiots, but whereas B.T. possesses a malign intelligence, Koltar is just a drooling fuckwit.

So, that\'s something, I guess.

Shawn Driscoll

#28
June 08, 2012, 11:39:15 PM
Rules update or rules change?  People can't play CoC as the rules are?

danbuter

#29
June 08, 2012, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: B.T.;547203Doesn't excuse a lack of a rules update.

That's because the rules work, and Chaosium isn't filled with wannabe "innovators".
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